Comments by "Tony Wilson" (@tonywilson4713) on "THE WORST DEBATE OF ALL TIME!" video.

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  4.  @bp6421  Do you know how accurately that describes the Australian Political Parties (Left & Right)???? And if you go and watch anything on British Politics it fits there too???? I don't come from a poly-sci or economics background. I'm an engineer so its kind of in my nature to ask WHY something is what it is because that's the basis of problem solving. Pretty much all engineers, physicists, chemists, mathematicians,.... are all fundamentally inquisitive people who like solving problems. What's amazed me is how SIMILAR the problems are across the developed world. - Politicians who can't make decisions and INSTEAD they pay consultants ridiculous money to justify why they can't do anything. - On the RARE times politicians make decisions the same wealthy people always benefit while the rest of us pay for it either in money or blood. - Economics that no matter who's in power the wealthy get wealthier and the rest of us pay for it. 90% have to face being dumped in the street while billionaires just wait for the eventual bail out. - Nobody can curb energy costs, or pay for health care or fund education but we EVERY government can still find the next BILLION for the next military toy. It all traces back to an inflection point centered around 3 people and a crisis. Back in the 1970s there was stagflation and up popped Milton Friedman. Then came Ronnie Reagan and Marge Thatcher who bashed their nations senseless with Uncle Milton's "Greed is Good!" mantra and acted as if rapacious greed was never going to bite. It was a dumb as swimming with rabid piranhas and expecting not to be eaten. Yes there were many other events in history but almost everything we are dealing with right now passed through that inflection point. You can look at things like Citizens United and trace that back to Reaganomics which was based around the idea that "Government isn't the solution. Government is the problem." Brexit can all be traced back to Thatcherism. Here in Australia our issues with energy, manufacturing, banking and our massive issue with consultants all trace back to 2 key Treasurers (our equivalent to the Secretary of the Treasury). Paul Keating came from the Left and Peter Costello from the Right. They slowly demolished our manufacturing sector and sent it piece by piece to China, while employing an endless list of consultants who sold off our national assets and de-regulated anything and everything. DOES THAT SOUND FAMILIAR?
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